As reported by Lloyd Alter at Treehugger, Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB) has just completed the world’s tallest prefabricated building; a 57-storey tower in Changsha, China. The flatpack tower, which includes 800 apartments for BSB’s employees, was constructed at a staggering rate of three floors per day, and provides residents with 100% clean, fresh air to create a healthy environment amidst China’s smog.

]]>http://inhabitat.com/broad-sustainable-building-completes-worlds-tallest-prefab-tower-in-china/feed/0Sky City: World’s Tallest Tower to Break Ground in Junehttp://inhabitat.com/prefab-sky-city-worlds-tallest-tower-to-break-ground-in-june/
http://inhabitat.com/prefab-sky-city-worlds-tallest-tower-to-break-ground-in-june/#commentsWed, 15 May 2013 17:32:36 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=512076Sky City will be prefabricated off site in three months, and it will then be assembled in just seven months. Reaching up 838 meters (2,749 feet), the 220-floor tower will feature residential, office space, organic farms, recreation spaces, schools, a hospital]]>

]]>http://inhabitat.com/prefab-sky-city-worlds-tallest-tower-to-break-ground-in-june/feed/10World’s Tallest Skyscraper to Be Built in 210 Days Instead of 90 as Originally Plannedhttp://inhabitat.com/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-to-be-built-in-210-days-instead-of-90-as-originally-planned/
http://inhabitat.com/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-to-be-built-in-210-days-instead-of-90-as-originally-planned/#commentsWed, 17 Oct 2012 19:01:27 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=450080Earlier this year, Chinese Company Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), announced plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in an unbelievable 90 days. Now the build time for the 838-meter-tall tower has been pushed back to more reasonable (if still incredibly]]>

Earlier this year, Chinese Company Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), announced plans to build the world’s tallest skyscraper in an unbelievable 90 days. Now the build time for the 838-meter-tall tower has been pushed back to more reasonable (if still incredibly speedy) 210 days. Sky City is set to shatter the current record for loftiest building held by the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai.

]]>http://inhabitat.com/worlds-tallest-skyscraper-to-be-built-in-210-days-instead-of-90-as-originally-planned/feed/5Sky City: China’s BSB to Break Ground on World’s Tallest Skyscraper in Novemberhttp://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinas-bsb-to-break-ground-on-worlds-tallest-skyscraper-in-november/
http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinas-bsb-to-break-ground-on-worlds-tallest-skyscraper-in-november/#commentsTue, 25 Sep 2012 21:10:50 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=441930Modular, prefabricated buildings have been catching on in design communities around the world in recent years, but the building techniques are typically limited to low-rise buildings. Chinese developer Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) plans to change that]]>

Modular, prefabricated buildings have been catching on in design communities around the world in recent years, but the building techniques are typically limited to low-rise buildings. Chinese developer Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) plans to change that with Sky City, a 220-story prefabricated skyscraper that is scheduled to break ground in November. BSB claims that prefab skyscrapers are cheaper and greener to build, but above all they can be built faster: Sky City will be the tallest building in the world, and it’s expected to take less than six months to build.

]]>http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinas-bsb-to-break-ground-on-worlds-tallest-skyscraper-in-november/feed/0Sky City: Chinese Company BSB to Build the World’s Tallest Building… In Just 90 Days?!http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/
http://inhabitat.com/sky-city-chinese-company-bsb-to-build-the-worlds-tallest-building-in-just-90-days/#commentsFri, 22 Jun 2012 17:33:59 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=400614Even since the current world's tallest builing - the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - was completed, there has been a constant battle to build the world's next tallest building. The current record holder stands tall at 828 meters and took five years to build, but]]>